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Madeleine L’Engle


Madeleine L'Engle, R.I.P.

The author of the Newbery Medal winning classic “A Wrinkle In Time” passed away yesterday.

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General Ignorance


A great book about how much we really don’t know about even “simple” facts in life.

Popularity: 25%

Popularity: 25%

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Hidden Persuaders


For the past week I’ve been reading a book by Vance Packard titled The Hidden Persuaders which was listed as some recommended reading for my second major project here at LCC. Though written almost 50 years ago, the book provides systematic insight into the way marketing & advertising strategies developed from it’s infancy into the [...]

Popularity: 10%

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80/20 Principle


80% of the book’s knowledge is contained within 20% of the pages.

Popularity: 8%

Popularity: 8%

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What Americans should know


Great book to get up to speed on world politics and U.S. foreign policy.

Popularity: 7%

Popularity: 7%

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Ego Trip’s book of Racism


Big Book is every shade of pissed-off with many nuggets of counter-culture insights.

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Dark Age Ahead


Author Jane Jacobs outlines what she perceives as the five pillars of the decline of any given culture

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Popularity: 14%

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The Eagle’s Shadow


Review of a book by Mark Hertsgaard.

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Frankenstein: a worthwhile classic


Mary Shelley’s classic “Modern Prometheus” still provides intrique and relevance here in the 21st century

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